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IMPROVEMENT IN GRAYON-HOLDERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN;

, Be it known that I, RFUS WRIGHT, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Crayon-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is n full, clear, and exact description thereof, .which will enablethose skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had. to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the cases or holders for crayons, which are used in 'drawing' 'byA artists, 'andin schools and institutions 4of llearning, for demonstrating problems on the blackboard.

These holders are made inthe tubular form, with the ends severed for about one-,third of the length of the h'olderfrom each end, and parted, so as to form springs with whichuto enclose and hold the crayon. Slides are placed on the holder, which, as they areinovcd towards `either end, enclose the springs and con'- tract the orifices, so that, when the crayon is placed in the ends, the springs embrace and hold tbe'm.

But, in using the holder, these slides are apt to get loose and slide back, thereby loosening the crayon. The orifices in the ends of the holder (for the crayons) have usually been made round, 6r nearly so, which form is objectionable on account of the liability ofthe' different-shaped crayons to? get loose.l

v To an artist ,nothing is more `annoying or vexatious than to have his crayon get loose while drawing, and it is for the purpose of providing against snc-h an annoyance that the present improvement-is made. l

In carrying outtny invention, I form the ends of the holder square, so that, when the 'springs are formed,

by splitting the end, they present Va. right-angled corner each, and I form a screw-thread on two'opposite angles of the springs, and screw-threads in the nuts, so thatrthe crayon, when placed in the holder, is pressed at four points, whether it be round or square, and so that it is firmly held bythe screwnut, and all liability to'get loose is prevented. v

The drawing- Y ,Y y Figure 1, represents a longitudinal view of a crayon-holder constructed according to my invention. Figure 2 is a. cross-section of the same-through the'line :v x. I' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A is the central tubular portion, and

B represents the ends, which are split' and parted, so as to form springs, which will fopen-to relieve-the crayon when the nuts are turned back. i

C represents the nuts, the screw-threads of which engage with the threads on the -two opposite corners or angles of the springs, the form of which is seen more distinctly in tig. 2, where a round `crayon is represented as being held by the ends of the springs. n

',lhe nuts C, as theyare turned up towards the ends, compress the springs, as'seen in the drawing, and when the crayons are once fastened they are fixed until the nuts :ire tiirned back. i i

This arrangement isequally well adapted' to single holders, but crayon-holders are usually madedouble, so that two colors may be held for the convenience of tlfeartist.

I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent--- p As an improved article .of manufacture, a crayon-holder, having its split ends m'ade angular, and provided with'screwthx'eads at opposite angles for the reception of the screw-nuts4 C, as herein shown and described.

RUFUS WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

J. ALLIsoN FRASER, ALEX. F. Rorssnrs. 

